Sentence examples for try to summon support from inspiring English sources

He will also try to summon support for the passage of stricter gun laws and an overhaul of immigration policy.

He has since flown from one African capital to another, trying to summon support — with decidedly mixed results — from regional leaders.

The Democratic revolt left Republican leaders trying to summon support from their own party for trade adjustment assistance, a program they have long derided as a waste of money and a concession to organized labor.

Mr. Obama will try to summon the nation's support for two major initiatives that are already consuming the first weeks of his second term: the passage of stricter gun laws in the wake of the school massacre in Newtown, Conn., and an overhaul of immigration policy that would allow 11 million illegal immigrants to eventually become citizens.

Where many R&B singers try to summon the feeling of a moment being savored, Jones — who supported herself pre-Dap-Kings as a prison guard and as a member of a wedding band — offered forward momentum.

But do they have time to try to summon more?

The problem, though, comes when multiple people try to summon the mike simultaneously.

He said he did not even try to summon the burners in the favorite.

He and his astrologer friend John Varley used to try to summon spirits.

I try to summon up these moments and the people I spent them with.

Christmas is all about memories that can never quite be recaptured, although year after year we try to summon them.